Frailty and Cardiovascular Health

Frailty and Cardiovascular Health

Blog Article

The incidence of frailty and cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases as the population ages.There is a bidirectional relationship between frailty and CVD, and both conditions share several risk factors and underlying biological mechanisms.Frailty has been established as an independent prognostic marker in patients with CVD.Moreover, its presence significantly B2 influences both primary and secondary prevention strategies for adults with CVD while also posing a barrier to the inclusion Extractors of these patients in pivotal clinical trials and advanced cardiac interventions.

This review discusses the current knowledge base on the relationship between frailty and CVD, how managing CVD risk factors can modify frailty, the influence of frailty on CVD management, and future directions for frailty detection and modification in patients with CVD.